2021年4月1日 · Nearly 63 years ago, on October 4, 1957, the former Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to be successfully placed in orbit around Earth. This feat ushered in the Space Age and sparked a space race between the United States and its …

On April 1, 1960, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched the Television Infra-Red Observation Satellite (TIROS-1), the world’s first successful weather satellite.

On April 1, 1960,10 years before NOAA was established, NASA launched the Television Infrared Observation Satellite (TIROS-1), which aimed to view weather patterns from space orbit for the first time in history.

2020年3月31日 · On April 1, 1960, the first operational weather satellite, TIROS-1, launched from Cape Canaveral. This multimedia storymap looks at the value and importance of the nation's weather satellites and the game-changing moments in their 60-year history.

On April 1, 1960, NASA launched the Television Infrared Observation Satellite (TIROS-1), the world’s first successful weather satellite.

2025年2月3日 · Also check out the the collection from NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System program!

April 1, 1960, NASA launched the Television Infra-Red Observation Satellite (TIROS-1), the world’s first successful weather satellite.

2018年1月31日 · The launch of Sputnik and Explorer 1 not only heralded a new Space Age, but also paved the way for America’s weather observation satellite program. Two years after Explorer 1 headed to space, NASA launched the first television infrared observation satellite (TIROS-1, for short) in April of 1960.

2025年2月12日 · The polar-orbiting satellite circles the globe 14 times daily and captures a complete daytime view of our planet once every 24 hours. The TIROS-IX satellite was launched on Jan. 22, 1965, and followed a near-polar orbit, circling the world every two hours so that it could cover the entire daylight portion of the planet.

2016年12月6日 · The world's first operational meteorological satellite, TIROS-1, circumnavigated the globe for the first time in 1960, forever proving the worth of weather observing satellites to the world and opening the door for the weather systems of the future.